If we get you in the early years of your life and we fill your head with all of the Catholic stories, then it's very hard for you to stop being Catholic. Catholics are Catholics because they like being Catholic.

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The leadership lost its nerve. Instead of taking the lead in the reform movement... they...

The leadership lost its nerve. Instead of taking the lead in the reform movement... they...

It was generally believed that Catholics were not interested in arts and science graduate schools....

It was generally believed that Catholics were not interested in arts and science graduate schools....

There is good news in the data the strongest support for priests is to be...

There is good news in the data the strongest support for priests is to be...

Yet, if the most frequent sex and apparently the best sex is that between married...

Yet, if the most frequent sex and apparently the best sex is that between married...

I think that the core doctrines of Christianity - the incarnation, the resurrection, life after...

I think that the core doctrines of Christianity - the incarnation, the resurrection, life after...

Note the three most important Cabinet positions. Rice said that it was better to find...

Note the three most important Cabinet positions. Rice said that it was better to find...

Priest organizations around the country, both local and national, should realize that their membership has...

Priest organizations around the country, both local and national, should realize that their membership has...

Practically speaking, your religion is the story you tell about your life.

Practically speaking, your religion is the story you tell about your life.

I have terrible handwriting. I now say it's a learning disability... but a nun who...

I have terrible handwriting. I now say it's a learning disability... but a nun who...

Well, religion has been passed down through the years by stories people tell around the...

Well, religion has been passed down through the years by stories people tell around the...

In God, the characteristics of men and women that we admire in men and women...

In God, the characteristics of men and women that we admire in men and women...

I think the only kind of acceptable evangelization is the evangelization of good example.

I think the only kind of acceptable evangelization is the evangelization of good example.

I have to say that I have no regrets about my decision to become a...

I have to say that I have no regrets about my decision to become a...

I think the real problem for American religion are those minority of fundamentalists who try...

I think the real problem for American religion are those minority of fundamentalists who try...

As the criminal, sinful war in Iraq enters its third year, the president goes to...

As the criminal, sinful war in Iraq enters its third year, the president goes to...

The kernel is the belief that God is love and, in Catholicism, God's love is...

The kernel is the belief that God is love and, in Catholicism, God's love is...

There has always been a certain proportion of people who leave the Church on issues...

There has always been a certain proportion of people who leave the Church on issues...

An adolescent is somebody who is in between things. A teenager is somebody who's kind...

An adolescent is somebody who is in between things. A teenager is somebody who's kind...

It is also asserted that the election settled the matters of the war and the...

It is also asserted that the election settled the matters of the war and the...

Is the patience of the American people that long suffering? Is there no outrage left...

Is the patience of the American people that long suffering? Is there no outrage left...